Sunday 6 October 2019

Bavarian Artillery - 28mm Perry

Some guns for the Bavarians from Perry miniatures. Nice enough models, though campaign dress on some of them which I'm never a fan of. I gave them blue overcoats to make that less noticeable, though more likely they would have had grey/brown overcoats of course.


Unlike the infantry which had cornflower blue coats, the Bavarian artillery uniform was a dark blue. The guns themselves were a lighter blue-grey colour.



The howitzer crew below (right most gun), has the loader sticking his arm right down the barrel to place the charge!

28 comments:

  1. Mark, well done! Very beautiful! Charger surprised))

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  2. Very nicely done Chasseur!

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  3. Great painting Mark. I'm not a fan of great coats on Napoleonic's either. Ok they're an easy paint, but why cover up those great uniforms? The blue you used on them does indeed cover them up. Nice one.

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    1. Thanks Ray, yes the cover up helped more than I expected! Perry have an annoying mix of campaign and dress uniform unfortunately!

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  4. Lovely stuff Mark...inspired by your example I have just completed my first Bavarian unit.

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    1. Great job look forward to seeing them, thanks Mark!

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  5. nicely done as always! I love the howitzer charger

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  6. I like them, Mark! Handsome work as always. I have a question on trousers. I painted mine dark blue to match the jacket. This was many years ago and perhaps I got it wrong. Were white trousers standard issue?

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    1. Thanks Jonathan, if I recall correctly, earlier uniform (and perhaps winter uniform) had blue trousers, and later/summer had white overalls. In Rawkins book (History Man), I think.

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  7. Hope he won't end up like the perry!

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    1. Yes thought crossed my mind I must admit!

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  8. Wow, these look great. The Bavarians really had smart looking uniforms.

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    1. Thank you Dean, yes the caterpiller helmets are quite distinctive!

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  9. Great job on the unit, the figures really pop.

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  10. Nice work, and an impressive gun line.

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    1. Thanks Lawrence, I should add a couple of the 12 pounders too.

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  11. A great looking battery, Mark!

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  12. Lovely looking guns and crews!
    Best Iain

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  13. Nicely done Mark, your productivity is astounding

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